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MILLIONS UNABLE TO PAY FOR HOUSING NEXT MONTH, RENT STRIKE IN NYC
Natasha Lennard
5-1-20
Organizers Plan the Largest Rent Strike in Nearly a Century
Want a grim picture of the state of American dissent during the coronavirus pandemic? Take an overview of media coverage from the last week. The press focused disproportionate attention on a few hundred white reactionaries, in a small number of states, rallying against social distancing measures — buoyed, of course, by tweets from President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, some of the most radical and righteous acts of mass resistance this country has seen in decades — from a wave of labor strikes to an explosion of mutual aid networks — are earning but a fraction of the media focus accorded to fringe, right-wing protesters.
Based on mainstream news coverage alone, for.....
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